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“It was something he had to. So we'll leave it at that and go from there,” head coach Ron Rivera said Monday, according to the Charlotte Observer . “It was strictly a personal instance. There's nothing bad, nothing like that.”

Tucker signed with Carolina this offseason after not playing in 2011. He played in three games for the Chargers in 2010.

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Hmmmm.. This must be a big personal issue for him to have to be released.

There was a blurb about him leaving to put on weight. Showed up 30 pounds under his playing weight. Said they may consider giving him another shot later on. All sounds a bit strange. Apparently he hasn't played since we cut him last year.

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Cornerback Terrell Thomas suffered an injury to his surgically repaired right ACL and likely will undergo an arthroscopic procedure to determine the extent of the injury according to the New York Giants.

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Ben Roethlisberger revealed he has a "little torn rotator cuff" in an interview Wednesday with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette but the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback seemed more concerned about the absence of holdout receiver Mike Wallace than his injury.

Pittsburgh's new-look offense
08:09 AM ET 08.01 | There's a new offensive sheriff in town, and his name is Todd Haley. [Haley's] not going to turn the offense back into a 55-45 run-pass ratio, and it's possible the team will pass more often than run. But the run and the pass could look different this season. Even the defensive players have noticed the stark differences. "Absolutely," Troy Polamalu said. "I see what you guys all see. Obviously, there's a lot more two-back offense and utilizing the fullback a lot more." And, in the passing game, "they are higher-percentage passes." Haley's offense opened its first 11-on-11 team practice in pads Saturday by running on nearly every play. He noted that merely was the plan to start out with the run. Perhaps, but it seemed to set a tone for training camp.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

sounds like the bolts...

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is troubled by the large number of player arrests this year and recently met with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith to try to come up with a solution.

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is troubled by the large number of player arrests this year and recently met with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith to try to come up with a solution.

They'll probably agree to press for federal legislation that gives all NFL players amnesty from prosecution on crime charges.

"Believe nothing-- no matter where you read it, or who has said it, even if I have said it-- unless it agrees with your own reason, and your own common sense."

1. Troubled Arizona State product Vontaze Burfict is here and, believe it or not, the linebacker has done plenty to change the perception of him within the Bengals organization. It's still early, and there's plenty of time for things to go the other way, but Burfict has lost weight and he's shown good instincts on the field. He's also behaved himself off it.